Tree of Life Version
Job 24:17
17For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
Job 24:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
- New International Version (NIV)For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Context of Job 24:17
15The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he disguises his face. 16When it is dark, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. 18“He is foam on the surface of water; their portion of the land is cursed; no one turns toward their vineyards. 19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol, takes away those who have sinned.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:17 word by word
כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 24:17
- Job 3:5May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction.
- Jeremiah 2:26As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel is shamed— they, their kings, their princes, their kohanim and their prophets.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, so that each one may receive what is due for the things he did while in the body—whether good or bad.
- Revelation 6:16And they tell the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Commentaries on Job 24:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death - They dread the light as one does usually the deepest darkness. The morning or light would reveal their deeds of wickedness, and they therefore avoid it. As the shadow of death - As the deepest darkness; see the notes at Job 3:5. If one know them - If they are recognized. Or, more probably, this means “they,” that is, each one of them, “are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death,” or with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 See what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take, who make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it: pains to compass, and then to hide that which will end in death and hell at last. Less pains would mortify and crucify the flesh, and be life and heaven at last. Shame came in with sin, and everlasting shame is at the end of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
Topics related to Job 24:17
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
Tree of Life Version — © 2015 The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society
Commentaries